Of all the places to not have a Pizza Hut

[standingonmyneck]

Who: Daria and YOU!
Status: Open
Where: All Over the Place + Stormbringer
What: MANTA Board stuff, Quests, and other random things

Warnings: Violence probably, swearing, and it's Daria so dark talk probably.


This newbie wasn't so, so new. She already has been through the magical land song and dance. This just had a coat of paint.

With a heavy sigh, she figured this was her new home for now. Better make the best of it, she had no other choice.

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[yuezun]

[He hadn't actually been meaning to flatter her. As far as he was concerned, it was a simple statement of fact. But he also wasn't going to correct her especially if it meant she wouldn't protest him having another slice. His unfortunate need to eat - rather than choice - meant he was either cooking for himself (bad idea) or finding other means of having a meal every now and then. One he didn't have to pay for was certainly preferable to one he did. Especially when it was so very tasty. Even if it was a bit combative.

Actually, now that he knew how to combat it, he could see it being very popular in Cangyanhai for that trait. People of the Moon Tribe would enjoy the minor challenge along with the reward for successfully cutting their own slice away.

Though his tone doesn't change, there is an almost-smile softening his expression as he declares:]

When this venerable one succeeds in finding a way out of the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens back across the River of Stars to the Three Realms, this venerable one will bring knowledge of this dish with him.

[Because he is definitely going to succeed and be able to remember everything he experienced here. Definitely.]

[standingonmyneck]

[...What a weird guy. She made some guesses as to what his deal was. Some hardened warrior? Or just a weirdo with magic who just knows how to make an impression because of nonsocial graces. Hard to tell. Because what he said was a lot, it was a lot of something and also a lot of nothing.]

That's a lot of heavens and stars to tell all about pizza. I hope they will all listen.

[yuezun]

[He frowned at her reply and then shook his head.]

The Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens is where this world exists. Which is across the River of Stars that separate the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens from the Three Realms. The Three Realms is where this venerable one is from. His 'world'. This venerable one only intends to bring knowledge of this dish to his world.

[It's his cosmology and how he interprets the fact that he can't return to his world at will. Whether it's factual or not matters little because the details of how he got here and how he was affected by the experience amount to about the same as what he understands to have happened.]

The other worlds scattered through the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens will have to find their own messenger to bring knowledge of 'pizza' to them.

[standingonmyneck]

Never heard the multiverse being called that.

[...Sigh, alright. This was interesting now. She grabbed another slice herself. He was talking and not being awful so she was involved in this meta-philosophical discussion.]

I always viewed these different worlds like a spiderweb. We're all linking through it somehow, against our will. But it's connecting us all regardless.

[yuezun]

[He mouthed a series of words that the translation magic had offered for 'multiverse' after finishing his current slice of pizza and going for a well-earned second. Describing it as 'all possible Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens' followed by 'connected like a spider's web' was an interesting way of viewing the chaos of creation. Not accurate to his understanding of it. But interesting.

He took a couple bites - enough to ensure he could hold his slice one handed and not risk any dripage of the tomato sauce or the cheese sliding off. Then he waved his free hand in front of him and a translucent image of space in all it's colorful, galaxy splattered glory (edged in an odd blue glow) took shape over the top of the counter.]

The Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens.

[He spun his fingers and what looked like the Milky Way as seen from Earth replaced the 'Ruins'.]

The River of Stars.

[He dismissed the image after he had deemed she'd gotten enough time to see both, shaking out his sleeve before tucking his hand behind his back.]

The River of Stars separates the Three Realms from the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens. The Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens is where the remains of the chaos of creation lay and exists outside of time as the Three Realms know it. No one who crosses the River of Stars into the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens can find their way back without a guide of some sort and guides are exceedingly rare to the point of nonexistence.

[Given the imagery, the 'Three Realms' was probably equivalent to his 'Earth'. Although, given the scale of the Milky Way to Earth, and the use of 'Three Realms' his world might be better interpreted as a collection of more than just one planet/plane of existence/realm.]

This world [He gestured carefully with the hand holding his pizza slice to indicate the strange ocean world with leviathans that they were on.] exists somewhere in the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens. If it did not, this venerable one would be able to return to the Three Realms at will. As far as this venerable one knows, there are no Heavenly Spiders weaving webs between the worlds that exist in the vastness of the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens. But as this venerable one has never crossed the River of Stars before now, it is possible that one came into being long after the ancient gods created the Three Realms, bringing order to a part of the chaos of creation and guarding it behind the River of Stars.

[standingonmyneck]

[…This was unexpected. Daria actually put her slice down to look at the display in front of her. Her eyes studied it thoroughly. Daria’s studious nature seemed to take over any awkward feelings she had that this all transpired like this.

She was curious. Maybe a little interested. This was a spiritual moment perhaps, to some. But this was a learning moment. A scientific moment. It was a lot of things. Mainly, it could explain her various trips across time and space. This happened to her a few times, it made her think.

And well, thinking was her speciality.]

I’ve crossed these stars a few times. It happened on random and each of the worlds all followed completely different rules from my own.

[yuezun]

You've crossed the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens before?

[It was a question, but also a statement because he wasn't really questioning her. Just genuinely surprised.]

For a mortal to be pulled into so many worlds and granted so many insights into the vastness of chaos within the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens, you must have a very important fate. Perhaps you will become one of the Heavenly Spiders that weave the webs to connect them.

[standingonmyneck]

Uh, yeah, I don’t know about that. I’d like to have just have two legs…

[…But that comment didn’t go nowhere. She wondered how true that really was. Daria didn’t believe in fate, not before anyway. But the fact that this happened three times now wasn’t nothing.

She looked at the Galaxy display again, her mind going places. Thinking out loud at this point.]

But…that’s why I felt like there’s just too much beyond what either of us know. There’s too many worlds and too many eyes to pin point what the answer really is. Hence the web theory.

If your rules function like you say, and mine do as well…why can’t both things be true?

[yuezun]

This venerable one is not discounting your 'web theory'. It is merely not something that this venerable one has had any reason, or the means, to gain more knowledge of.

The ancient gods that forced chaos into order to form the Three Realms have long disappeared from the world. If they have died, or hidden themselves away, or taken to traveling the chaos of creation that is the vastness of the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens... it is unknown and unknowable. And regardless, all are equally as impossible to find. So they cannot be asked.

You are, to this venerable one's knowledge, uniquely positioned to explore how these worlds have found connections to each other within the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens. Perhaps a common element of some sort? This venerable one has noticed that this world can see the River of Stars when the night skies are clear. The positioning is of the brightest stars within the river are not the same, and this venerable is not surprised they are not... but it is still the same river. Across it, beyond sight, lies the Three Realms.

Has one of the worlds you've been to been so far from the River of Stars that is not visible?